Halo: The Machine Breaks

Cover art for the story.

Halo: Venezian Sonata is a short story in the Halo Waypoint Chronicle series, released on September 23, 2024. The story focuses on an operation led by Veronica Dare on Venezia.

Official summary

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September 2559. Captain Veronica Dare is deployed to Venezia on a reconnaissance mission to investigate the emergence of a potential new threat.

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Appearances

Characters Artificial intelligence Cortana (Mentioned only) Roland Human Adam Andrews Callie Calder (First appearance) Dan Edward Buck Gretchen Ketola Taylor Miles Thomas Lasky (Mentioned only) Veronica Dare Kig-Yar Ke'jal (First mentioned) Sangheili Zef 'Trahl Yonhet M'raad (First appearance) Species Human Jiralhanae (Mentioned only) Kig-Yar (Mentioned only) Sangheili Yonhet Species Covenant remnants Banished New Colonial Alliance (Mentioned only) Servants of the Abiding Truth (Mentioned only) Janissaries Optican United Nations Space Command Spartan Operations SPARTAN-IV program Alpha-Nine UNSC Navy Office of Naval Intelligence SPARTAN-II program (Mentioned only)

External links

• Halo: Venezian Sonata- The official Waypoint post in which the short story was released for free.
• Official Halo: Venezian Sonata PDF - The PDF of the short story released on Halo Waypoint (Archived copyMedia:Venezian Sonata.pdf).
• Halo: Venezian Sonata | Audiobook - The audiobook narrated by Alex Wakeford.